Cloak
1610-1620 (made)
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A man’s half-circular cloak made of pale blue silk (now faded), lined with yellow silk taffeta. It is embroidered with yellow silk floss and twist in a design of abstract floral sprigs and slashed between the motifs through both layers. There is a border down each front and along the hem of applied woven lace [braid] of yellow silk with embroidered.
The cloak has been altered, possibly in the process of recycling. The collar has been removed; there was probably another lining, which has been removed.
The cloak has been altered, possibly in the process of recycling. The collar has been removed; there was probably another lining, which has been removed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, slashed |
| Brief description | Man's cloak, 1610-20, Italian; embroidered white (once pale blue) silk, slashed, altered |
| Physical description | A man’s half-circular cloak made of pale blue silk (now faded), lined with yellow silk taffeta. It is embroidered with yellow silk floss and twist in a design of abstract floral sprigs and slashed between the motifs through both layers. There is a border down each front and along the hem of applied woven lace [braid] of yellow silk with embroidered. The cloak has been altered, possibly in the process of recycling. The collar has been removed; there was probably another lining, which has been removed. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Avril Hart and Susan North, Historical Fashion in Detail: the 17th and 18th centuries, London: V&A, 1998, p. 168
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| Accession number | 378-1898 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2007 |
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